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Humans& just raised the 2nd largest seed round ever: $480M at $4.48B valuation. AI lab founded by ex-Google, Anthropic, xAI, OpenAI, and Meta researchers building "human-centric AI" collaboration tools. Key metrics: • $480M seed round (all cash, unstructured) • $4.48B valuation • Founded September 2025 (4 months to unicorn) • Led by SV Angel + Georges Harik • Investors: Nvidia, Bezos, GV, Emerson Collective How it happened: • Assembled all-star team from top AI labs • Focused on human-AI collaboration angle (differentiation) • Leveraged founder networks for warm intros • Raised unstructured to move fast • Will spend majority on compute for model training Takeaway: Star teams with clear differentiation can raise massive rounds in months, not years. Source: Crunchbase News Brewed by Startup Beaker.